#BCB59C#BCB59C

#BCB59C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.035 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCB59C
RGB	rgb(188, 181, 156)
HSL	hsl(47, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -1.74, 13.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 13.76, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0026 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.035 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2633, 46.1400, 38.0729)
Luminance	0.4614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCB59C #9CA3BC

analogous

#BCA59C #BCB59C #B3BC9C

triadic

#BCB59C #9CBCB5 #B59CBC

tetradic

#BCB59C #9CBCA5 #9CA3BC #BC9CB3

square

#BCB59C #9CBCA5 #9CA3BC #BC9CB3

split-complementary

#BCB59C #9CB3BC #A59CBC

monochromatic

#847B59 #A39A78 #BCB59C #D5D0C0 #EDECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BCB59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BCB59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCB59C

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCB59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCB59C	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB49B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB69D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcb59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 181, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.035 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbb9',
    500: '#bcb59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcb59c;
$custom-light: #d0cbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcb59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77213,
    "c": 0.03532,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCB59C

secondary

#D5D7DF

accent

#5B9E48

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141311

muted

#828280

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCB59C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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